Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – discus throw

The discus throw event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, with the qualification and final being held on 7 September 1930.

20 athletes from 12 nations competed in the event.

Entrants
In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the discus throw event.

 Nationality  Name                                                      

Results

Qualification
The qualification took place in the morning of 7 September 1930, under bad weather conditions.

Polish Halina Konopacka won the qualification ahead of German Tilly Fleischer and Italian Vittorina Vivenza. Swedish Elsa Svensson, Latvian Karlson and British Weston also qualified. The Dutch Dora Wevers had three invalid throws and so didn't qualify.
Rank  Name  Nationality  Distance  Notes 1  Halina Konopacka   36.29 m  Q 2 Tilly Fleischer    35.82 m Q3 Vittorina Vivenza     35.32 m Q4 Elsa Svensson    34.5 m Q5 Elfriede Karlson    34.2 m  Q6Mark Weston   33.7 m Q 7  ?      8  ?      ?  ?     -  Dora Wevers    -, -, -  

Final
The final took place in the afternoon of 7 September. The weather was still bad.

Rank  Name  Nationality  Distance  Notes   Halina Konopacka    36.80    Tilly Fleischer    35.82    Vittorina Vivenza    35.23   4  Elfriede Karlson    34.74    5  Elsa Svensson   34.32   6  Mark Weston   33.70  
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